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Photo booths are evolving from retro kitch to 'gram-worthy high-tech and upscale with features that allow guests to use projected backgrounds, hashtags, social media, sophisticated cameras, and more. When it comes to your brand, these six photo booths will help your guests get the picture. By Charles Pappas

PHOTOS: MIHI ENTERTAINMENT LLC

Take the Red Pill
Cost: $4,500 and up
Contact: MiHi Entertainment LLC, Denver, mihiphotobooth.com/slow-motion-booth

Everything is cooler in slow-motion, and nothing proves that like the Bullet Time Photo Booth. Featuring five to 75 cameras that capture 240 frames per second in 1080pHD, the booth creates the uber cool “bullet time” effect made iconic in “The Matrix,” where participants look as if they slowed reality down to a fraction of its normal speed.

PHOTOS: INDE LLC

Hero Worship
Cost: Contact company for rental and purchase pricing
Contact: INDE LLC, Los Angeles, indestry.com/hero-mirror

Operating on a kiosk-size footprint, HeroMirror looks like a traditional photobooth, but it integrates state-of-the-art augmented reality technology. Its virtual environment can display backgrounds from steampunk to futurist, the Arctic to the Jurassic, where guests can gambol with Elvis, party with Pikachu, dance with Disney characters, and more.

PHOTOS: SHUTTERBOOTH LLC PHOTOS

Shutter-ly Perfect
Cost: Rentals start at $1,495 and up
Contact: ShutterBooth LLC, Atlanta, shutterbooth.com

ShutterBooth photo booths offer a tool for every desire a brand might have. Images can be customized with GIFs, boomerangs, slow motion, aerial shots, and even a catwalk video experience. Pictures come in multiple formats, including vintage-like photostrips, sticker prints, square, and 4-by-6-inch sizes, as well as digital versions.

PHOTOS: LA PHOTO PARTY INC.

See Worthy
Cost: Rental is $895/hour with a three-hour minimum, or $6,000 for an 8-hour day; purchase is $19,999
Contact: LA Photo Party Inc., Los Angeles, laphotoparty.com

The Underwater Photo Booth's name gives its defining feature away. The lightweight (just 45 pounds) unit's 7-inch underwater display provides a live photo preview, and filters, props, and branding can be applied to the images, which can be shared at a kiosk on dry land or by using a provided Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) bracelet.

PHOTOS: OUTSNAPPED

Picture This
Cost: Pricing starts at $4,500
Contact: OutSnapped LLC, Brooklyn, NY, 646-598-8420, outsnapped.com

When someone enters this AI-powered photo booth, the AI analyzes their appearance, creates an avatar, and generates unique images. Guests participate in person, or via custom URL or QR code, then the photo booth provides analytics about the number of photos taken and shared, along with metrics on attendee engagement.

PHOTOS: JORIS WEGNER

Rembrandt in a Box
Cost: Rental price on request
Contact: Pankraz Apparatebau, Bremen, Germany, pankraz-apparatebau.de/en

Inspired by historical artist-automatons like Maillardet's Automaton, the Pankraz Piktograph robot sketches a guest's portrait at the press of a button on a wired remote. Pankaz can draft images in multiple styles, including a minimalist line drawing, abstract representation, or even a finely rendered portrait.